Electric lighting device.



J. A. MARTIN.

ELECTRIC LIGHTING DEVICE.

APPLCATlON FILED MAY Il, 1914.

Patented Jan. 25, 916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

suuunul im wirkten-9a M JOL-IN A. MARTN, OF SEDI' ELECTRIC LIGHT'NG @lill-ICE.

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in the liuwiuge: lliguie l. illustiales the 'iiiuglicw'tioii 0E the cleviee of my invention tu an automobile, :is :i cigni' lighter. Fig. 2, is :1 Vei'tical Sectional View taken through ii portion of ilie ilnsli boui'il.y ou iii eulliig'eil Scale, showing one mzmneio1" mouu l iifeiitieu. Fig. 37 is :1 View iii sido e of one Q01-tion of the invent-ieu iiileiiieuz. f

. 1914. Serial 3:0. 832.9%'.

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i f rei l ugliout the ciilierei suoli us au inem u'liieli fuif-liens as n Ulesiiiff circuit i0 utile the iesuli'iug surfent Li'l'liei i@ light darken-Qi place er "[0 light a eig-iii' oi oliei'vise uct as .iii ille xliicli exten lis i V towel-.fi but L.. llie Spindle i3 muy fue not io ille posi l Y I iuivluiefl iiio'ui l e pesi ll by fi sil/fev@ of in- Sulz'iliiigf mailer' .l il. meuiiiei'l iii '170315 il mil ilieueseil iii lul sleeve. ille Spindle being' (xeilly luilil in lu plenila): num l5 ziclz'i'piei m lle 'iliieuilwil (mtu l'lw spi ufl@ 23 eii impr Seite Siilffs @if ille pmi. il. )i iuuuiiieil upv prise reel ills ie revollilsly e Il; und may coml ed to be connected with each other by means the reel means may be connected up with' the source of current. At least one of thereel disks, preferably disk 17, is formed of insulating material and is provided with an annular recess in which a metallic collector ring, 22 is disposed and anchored in any desired manner. The ring 22 is concentrically disposed with respect to the axis of movement or rotation of the reel and is provided with a terminal 23 which extends through the disk 17 to the interior thereof, or rather the reel, and radially inwardly with respect to the concentrically disposed pins 18. An axially disposed collector, in the form of a disk 24, is seated'in the outer face of disk 17, as shown in Fig. 4. The inner face of disk 17 is recessed at 25 to take the free end of spindle 13 so as to effectively mount the reel thereon. The axial collector 24 is connected by a conductor 2G, which may extend through a bore 27, of the disk 17, to a terminal 28. The terminal 28 is held seated against the inside face of disk 17 by a terminal screw 29.

Binding post 8 is adjustably mounted in a sleeve 30, of insulating material, in lthe post 12 by means of an adjusting screw 32. As will be seen more clearly by reference to Fig. 6, binding post 8 is bored at 3l to receive conductor 5 and is provided with a' binding screw 32 to firmly anchor conductor 5 therein. The remaining Aend of the binding post is socketed at 33 to receive a carbon brush 34, the free end of which conf' tacts with axial collector 24. A spring 35 normally forces the brush outwardly and by adjusting the binding post S in the support- Aing post 12, any desired tension of the spring .35 can be ei'ected. The spring not only functions to maintain the brush 34 in firm electrical contact with' collector 24 but it acts through the brush to normally hold the reel against displacement oil' from the spindle 13. The binding post 7 is precisely the same as binding post 8, having a binding screw 33 for ancloring conductor (3- and being mounted in an insulating sleeve 37 which may be adjustably anchored, together with the bindingpost, in the supporting post 12, by an adjusting scr'ew 38. r1`he binding post 7 'is socketed to receive a brush 39 which is held in engagement with ringr 22 by a spring similar to`spring35. A conduit or cable 40 is wound upon the reel and may be provided with conductors 41 and 42 adapted for conneetion with terminal 23 and terminal 29, at one end of the cable. A suiiicient llength of cable is provided for any desired extent of extensibility of the device and the free end of the cable 40 may be extended through the dash board 10 at 43.

v I have shown the conductors 41 and 42 connected with a circuit closing device in the form of a known type of cigar lighter, indicated as a whole at 43. The cigar lighter 43 is provided with an opening through which a substance such as asbestos and wire 44 is accessible and against which the end of a cigar may be engaged for the purpose of lighting the latter. The cigar lighter 43 is provided with a switch adapted to be actuated by a button 45 to close circuitand cause 44l to glow. A spider-like holder 46 is shown mounted upon the dash board to detachably anchor the cigar lighter when the same is not in use, as indicated in Fig. 2.

It will be clear from the foregoing, that if an electric lamp were connected with the free end of the cable it would be useful to enable the operator to examine parts of the machine in darkness or in dimly lighted places and that an incandescent lamp, with its key would likewise function as a device for closing circuit through the conductors to utilize the resulting current.

Now it will be seen that the reel is always connected with the source of current and that the free end of the cable with the cigar lighter or other lighting device may be extended from the position of mount or dash board rearwardly to the front seat, and if desired, to the rear seat, the spring functioning to vvind up the cable as tension on the latter is released.

It will be seen from the foregoing.- that4 I have provided an extensible device which I will for convenience term a conducting cable, together with mechanism connecting the cable to a source of current and norymally acting to contract the cable into a In an extensible electric cable reel device,.

journal and supporting postsdisposedv in spaced relation, a spindle carried by said journal post and extending toward but not into engagement Vwith said supporting pos', a cable reel revolubly monnted on said spindle in spaced relation with respect to said supporting post and havingl a shoulder abutment engaging said spindle to limit shifting movement of lsaid reel longitudi- 130 I nelly on said spindle toward said journal pest, a cable for said reel7 collectors mounted on that outside face of said reel nearest said supporting post and having connections for attachment to said cable, and spring aetu` in shoulder abutting engagement with said spindle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof` atix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

` JOHN A. MARTIN.

Vitnesses:

EDNA BROYLES. 

